Is this a Lousy wrap job?
- Thread starter skiergd011013
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press and press and some black shoe polish works wonders
skiergd011013
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well played
I'm curious if repair guys have experience with this kind of failure. I get the concern, but people have been doing wraps for decades. There ought to be empirical evidence of that risk if it is significant.
Your post and thread is valid.
The responses???
Oh boy!
One simple solution and it's done at the beginning of the wrap job. No one has said it yet!
Putting super glue on the peg????
GREAT IDEA??
So if the wrap ever gets changed again. MORE HOLES can be drilled. Lmao
I definately shouldn't be on here today!
skiergd011013
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I thought you were making a dad joke
DeeDeeCues
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I doubt it is significant unless other problems exist.
I saw so many imported cues with the tuck under wrap method come loose, I could not bring myself to do it any other way than with the holes and toothpicks glued in.
skiergd011013
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i had a custom cue maker in albany NY put a new tip on for me yesterday. He explained the wrapping process, what the little divots are, and said my cue has a very nice wrap job. He said OB did a good job making this cue.
RailKing85
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I think they look dumb and aren't even useful. They cause slippage for me.
But would you build one if you were a CUE MAKER if someone wanted one?
DeeDeeCues
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Personally, no. I don't expect I'll ever build another linen wrapped cue. I'm not doing this for the money, so I can refuse projects that don't interest me.
I look forward to seeing your cues some day.
Some people slip the cue on purpose.
After following this thread,here is my opinion.
NO,that is not a bad job. A bad one is when you can see a gap like that at arm's length with no magnification. That pic is blown up.
On the subject of drilling holes for the wrap,Ernie from Ginacue mentions this in a negative light in his Action Report interview. Tommy D.
NO,that is not a bad job. A bad one is when you can see a gap like that at arm's length with no magnification. That pic is blown up.
On the subject of drilling holes for the wrap,Ernie from Ginacue mentions this in a negative light in his Action Report interview. Tommy D.
Go ahead. Tell us why?
You don't have to drill that deep and if your -A- joint is solid with the proper construction and Epoxy. Nothing will happen!
One way to minimize the look of the end wrap under is to untwist the thread at the cutoff point. Assuming your using a twisted thread to begin with.. It tends to flatten out a little better. Either way the wrap under should be on the bottom of the blank as viewed from the top.
I can honestly say, there are more Cue makers pegging the ends than under wrapping it.
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As stated before I am a hole and toothpick man. But I have had to replace wraps that were done with a very nice looking tuck under. What I found on the best looking ones were they had scratched a groove in the cue to let that extra linen that was tucked under rest in. That gave almost no raised look.